The slab of concrete sits at the end of miles of otherwise well-kept parks along the North Shore Channel. Untouched for at least a decade, the empty parking lot is filled with graffiti and broken glass and has become a magnet for crime. Long-patient West Rogers Park residents hope that may...

Ernie Banks did not appear ill when he signed and executed a will that left his entire estate to a longtime caretaker, according to witnesses who testified Tuesday at a critical hearing over the hotly contested will of the Chicago Cubs great.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth on Tuesday criticized Republican U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk as "irresponsible" for recently signing an open letter to the government of Iran regarding ongoing nuclear talks.

Chicago-area home prices declined in January for the fifth consecutive month but they remained 2.5 percent ahead of where they were a year earlier, according a barometer of the housing market's health, released Tuesday.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and challenger Jesus "Chuy" Garcia will meet Tuesday for their final scheduled one-on-one televised debate before the runoff election, following previous events that have grown contentious as the candidates try to land blows and build momentum before April 7.

Indonesian prosecutors on Tuesday sought jail sentences of 18 years for an American man and 15 years for his girlfriend if they are found guilty in the slaying of the woman's mother while vacationing on the resort island of Bali last year.

Some of Illinois Rep. Aaron Schock's current and previous employees will appear before a federal grand jury next month to answer questions about their old boss. When they do, they'll likely face a prosecutor with a tough, meticulous reputation.

Nick Offerman and Judd Apatow will both appear in an upcoming Chicago festival — that does not have "Laughs" or "Comedy" in its title. Instead, "Humanities." The two funnymen are spring presenters for the Chicago Humanities Festival, according to a Tuesday announcement.

The aunt of two Aurora men accused of plotting to attack the Joliet Armory said Monday the charges against her nephews are "breaking up our whole family," and she does not know any reason why the cousins would want to attack the United States or the government.

Democratic legislators say a full repeal of Indiana's new law on religious objections is the only way to stem the widespread criticism rolling over the state as local Democratic and Republican political leaders continue to ask for changes to the law.

The number of rescues performed by Lake County law-enforcement officers with the opioid countermeasure naloxone increased last week when Lake County Sheriff's deputies helped revive a reported heroin-overdose victim in unincorporated Lake Bluff.

David Potchen, a laid-off, homeless welder who admitted to a judge that he robbed a bank in 2014 in order to get caught and returned to prison, walked out of the Lake County Jail Monday afternoon with a job and housing waiting for him.

Mayoral challenger Jesus "Chuy" Garcia on Monday kept up his criticism of Mayor Rahm Emanuel as a friend to wealthy Chicagoans, telling a City Club audience the mayor's policies amount to trickle-down economics that exacerbate the city's financial problems by driving middle-class families to...

DuPage County prosecutors have opened an investigation into spending at the College of DuPage following a series of controversies at the Glen Ellyn community college, including lavish drinking and dining by top administrators at a campus restaurant, the Tribune has learned.

Most of Jesus "Chuy" Garcia's career in public life has been spent as a role player behind other politicians, but his resume shows one period when he was the undisputed leader: The decade he spent guiding a fledgling community organization from a startup to a major player in the Little...

Standing in the basement dining room of a West Loop Greek restaurant Sunday afternoon, Mayor Rahm Emanuel accepted the endorsement of one of his chief antagonists -- former mayoral candidate and outgoing 2nd Ward Ald. Bob Fioretti.

Thousands of runners, joggers and walkers wound their way through the city, from Grant Park over the Chicago River, through the Loop and back to the park wearing exercise gear, tutus, masks, wigs and multi-colored shamrock underwear over their pants as the Chicago running season kicked off...

A 23-year-old Brighton Park neighborhood woman died and another person was critically injured after a collision between a car and a semi tractor trailer Sunday morning in the Lower West Side community.

A thick line of people formed inside a DoubleTree hotel Saturday afternoon, all of them waiting to learn if they had earned the distinction of certified budtender, one of many titles for a person who works behind the counter at a medicinal marijuana dispensary.

When Ken Ender was in college, he was initially a C-minus student who was more interested in track than school. Eventually, he said he realized how important school was to get what he wanted out of life, and he ended up earning a doctorate.

The manager of a Chicago rapper was shot and killed just hours after meeting with Chicago Bulls star Joakim Noah and his client to discuss "Rock Your Drop," an anti-violence foundation sponsored by Noah.